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A Plain City boy who was found unresponsive in a Brown Township backyard pool yesterday
afternoon has died at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Jonathan Miller, 8, was pronounced dead at the hospital at 8:07 p.m. yesterday, Franklin
County Coroner Jan Gorniak said. An autopsy likely will be conducted tomorrow, she said.

Paramedics were called at 4 p.m. to the home at 8480 Morris Rd. for the reported drowning.
Lt. Vic Lantz of the Norwich Township Fire Department said the boy had been removed from the pool
by the time they arrived. He was at the home for a family gathering.

Melinda Metz, public information officer for Sheriff Zach Scott, said the case remains under
investigation but appears to be an accidental drowning, pending results of the autopsy.